# Is there a list of files that get changes for account creation/disabling, login and connection attempts as well as api calls etc. for ELK?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-list-of-files-that-get-changes-for-account-creation-disabling-login-and-connection-attempts-as-well-as-api-calls-etc-for-elk/294005>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [January 11, 2022, 9:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-list-of-files-that-get-changes-for-account-creation-disabling-login-and-connection-attempts-as-well-as-api-calls-etc-for-elk/294005 "2022-01-11T09:42:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Huseyin\_Tunctepe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/huseyin_tunctepe/32/98372_2.png) [@Huseyin\_Tunctepe](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Huseyin_Tunctepe)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 9:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-list-of-files-that-get-changes-for-account-creation-disabling-login-and-connection-attempts-as-well-as-api-calls-etc-for-elk/294005/1 "2022-01-11T09:42:30Z")

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How are creating/disabling an Elasticsearch account, logging in to Elasticsearch, network connection to ELK or API calls are logged?  
Also, interested to know if there is a ELK specific audit logging.

The purpose of this is to monitor activity on ELK itself.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 9:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-list-of-files-that-get-changes-for-account-creation-disabling-login-and-connection-attempts-as-well-as-api-calls-etc-for-elk/294005/2 "2022-01-11T21:03:30Z")

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Please see [Enable audit logging | Elasticsearch Guide [7.16] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.16/enable-audit-logging.html)

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**Author:** ![Huseyin\_Tunctepe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/huseyin_tunctepe/32/98372_2.png) [@Huseyin\_Tunctepe](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Huseyin_Tunctepe)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 9:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-list-of-files-that-get-changes-for-account-creation-disabling-login-and-connection-attempts-as-well-as-api-calls-etc-for-elk/294005/3 "2022-01-20T09:24:42Z")

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Thanks.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 9:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-list-of-files-that-get-changes-for-account-creation-disabling-login-and-connection-attempts-as-well-as-api-calls-etc-for-elk/294005/4 "2022-02-17T09:25:18Z")

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